Education leader raps Scott's '$10K-tuition'

12:43 AM,
Nov. 30, 2012

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Gov. Rick Scott's challenge to Florida's state colleges to cut costs in order to offer $10,000 four-year degrees has drawn sharp criticism from a state education leader.

Roberto Martinez, vice chairman of the state Board of Education, characterized Scott's plan as "a very bad idea" in a letter to the governor.

Martinez said that without a guarantee from the state that it would provide the institutions with funding to replace whatever costs they would be forced to cut, Florida's community and state colleges would suffer. ...